List of flag bearers for independent Olympians at the Olympics

Independent Olympians at the Olympics
IOC code	IOP, IOA, OAR
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer appearances
Independent Olympic participants (1992) Individual Olympic athletes (2000) Independent Olympic athletes (2012) Independent Olympic athletes (2016)
Winter appearances
Independent Olympic Participants (2014)

This is a list of flag bearers who have competed as individual Olympic athletes at the Olympics. ^[1]

Flag bearers carry the Olympic Flag at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

List

Event year	Season	Flag bearer	Sport	Nationality [NB 1]	Notes
1992	Summer	none	—		Athletes from Independent Olympic Participants at the 1992 Summer Olympics did not attend the parade of nations, but still competed at the Games. [2]
2000	Summer	Victor Ramos	Boxing	East Timor	[3]
2012	Summer	Brooklyn Kerlin (from LOCOG)	—	United Kingdom not a competitor	[4]
2014	Winter	Volunteer from SOCOG	—	?	[5]
2016	Summer	Rose Nathike Lokonyen	Distance running	South Sudan	[6] Refugee Olympian Team (ROT)  ; UNHCR identified refugees selected by the IOC. [7] The Flag Bearer from South Sudan was certified by the Kenyan NOC [6]
2016	Summer	Volunteer from COJOPR	—	?	Independent Olympian team (IOA)  ; IOC allowed competitors separate from their nationalities. The Kuwaiti NOC was barred from 2016, leaving their Olympians to compete independently, along with other independents. The Kuwaiti flag bearer Fehaid al-Deehani did not carry the Olympic Flag. [8] [9] [10]
2018	Winter	Volunteer from POCOG	—	?	[11]

Notes

1. The athlete's nationality is listed at the time of the competition.

References

1. Individual Olympic athletes. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 14 August 2014.
2. Olympic Flag - Olympic-Legacy.com Pe04.com Archived June 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
3. Mathews, Wallace (18 September 2000). "East Timor's Ramos True Freedom Fighter". New York Post. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
4. "Brooklyn Kerlin". TopDrawerSoccer.com . Retrieved 14 August 2014.
5. "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony – Flagbearers" (PDF). The International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 7 February 2014.
6. Jonathan Clayton (5 August 2016). "South Sudanese runner leads refugee team into Games". UNHCR.
7. "Rio 2016: Refugee Olympic Team". UN Refugee Agency. 1 August 2016.
8. AFP (1 August 2016). "Proud Kuwaiti soldier refuses to carry Olympic flag". Al Monitor.
9. Motez Bishara (5 August 2016). "Rio 2016: Bittersweet Olympic dream for Kuwaiti swimmer". Al Jazeera.
10. "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 11 August 2016.
11. "Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). olympic.org. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.

See also

• Independent Olympians at the Olympic Games